Better Every Shift for Nurses
Episodes
Hay Bales and Hospital Beds: Taping the non-clinicial genius of your Workforce
14 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Text us here. We'd love to hear from you"Have you ever found yourself so 'underwater' at home that you had to look a well-meaning ...
The Indispensable Leader: Allocation to Team Resilience
03 Jun 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Text us here. We'd love to hear from you“If you are the only person who knows how to do the roster, manage the equipment, or troubleshoot the E...
Crossing the Streams: Supporting Development across Health
26 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Text us here. We'd love to hear from youIn this episode of Better Every Shift, Naomi and Tubi dismantle the rigid boundaries of nursing career &q...
Developing Critical Thinking in Teams
23 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Text us here. We'd love to hear from youIt feels like there is something missing. "How did they not see this patient was becoming more unw...
Judgement is an Emotion: Navigating the Human Complexity of Feedback
13 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Text us here. We'd love to hear from you"Judgment is an emotion. Every time you articulate a clinical judgment to a colleague, you are deliv...
Beyond Learning by Doing: Simulation is a social Practice with Nathan Oliver
08 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Text us here. We'd love to hear from you"Without relationship, that content is not going anywhere.".In this episode of Better Every Shi...
The Sterility Trap: Why connection is essential for effective decision making
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Text us here. We'd love to hear from you“If the people aren't part of the agenda... how is that not an email?”In this episode of Better ...
The Tyranny of Silence: Breaking the Superwoman Cycle in Healthcare Leadership
23 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“When was the last time you told a peer the brutal truth about your workload?”In this episode of Better Every Shift, Naomi and Tubi pull back the ...
Beyond the Forgetting Curve: An approach to nursing development
13 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
"One week from today, you will have forgotten 90% of everything you learned in your last training session."In this episode of Better Every S...
Stop Tattling, Start Talking: The Framework for Healthy Workforce Conversations
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
“This is a container ship. You are getting it to turn 180 degrees... that doesn't happen overnight; it’s little bits over time”.In Part B o...
Near Enemies: Identifying and Managing "Squishier" Incivility
23 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of Better Every Shift for Nurses focuses on the "long game" of nursing culture, featuring an in-depth conversation with Renee T...
Shift 6 - Compassionate Email Culture
09 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Stop the Reply All: Building a Compassionate Email Culture*"A 'Reply All' loop isn't just an annoyance—it's a symptom of ...
Shift Five- Wellbeing and Saying Yes with Mark Carter
02 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
From Storm Chaser to Global Change Agent: Prioritising Nurse Wellbeing with Mark Carter“If you can’t look after yourself first, you’re absolutel...
Snake in the Corner - Anticipation and Anxiety in Healthcare
26 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A childhood memory of a kidney dish and a "snake in the corner" reveals a profound truth about patient anxiety: taking one minute to build t...
From a lack of Communication and Clarity to Regulation, Reflection and Debrief
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
"A timeout can look like a tick the box, or it can be a really valuable reset and circuit breaker for everybody."Have you ever walked away f...
Roster 2 Shift 2 - Communication & clarity
12 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode of the Better Every Shift for Nurses dives deep into the high-stakes world of critical care, comparing two strikingly different intubatio...
Roster 2 Shift 1 From Little things big things grow Part B
05 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when we stop treating “data” like a spreadsheet… and start treating it like a story?In this conversation with Emily and Fiona from ...
Shift Twelve - From little things big things grow
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Better Every Shift for Nurses we speak with Fiona Fitzgerald and Emily Daley. From their small gesture of connecting two people a...
Almost the next shift
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This shift is a bit like that Early shift you arrive to only to find out you are actually rostered for the afternoon. Some technical difficulties ha...
Shift Eleven - Feedback revisited
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
his episode uncovers the real cost of avoiding feedback, how “being nice” can sabotage growth, and why clear conversations—however uncomfortable...
Shift Ten - Nursing's Legacies
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some patients leave our shift; others stay in our bodies for years. In this episode of Better Every Shift, Naomi and Tubi explore the legacies that n...
Shift Nine - Interviews
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Interviews, Mindset and Missed Opportunities: What Panels Really Look For”You’ve done the acting stints. You’ve put in the extra hours. You’...
Shift Eight -I realised I knew everything and nothing
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ever felt technically confident, only to realize there’s a whole new level of understanding waiting for you? Wondered if excellence is a finish line...
Shift Seven - Feedback like the ballet
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Curious how feedback could feel less like a dreaded performance review and more like a daily act of support? Wondering what ballet studios can teach h...
Shift Six - I just want to go home
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Join our Shift One Crew with On Shift Membership. As a thank you for joining our journey early your membership price will remain at the low price...
Shift Five - Who's the Boss?
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Navigating remote clinics with limited resources, learning the hard way that authority doesn’t guarantee followership, and discovering the power of ...
Shift Four - A PR Bleed, Low BP and Poor Communication
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When it's not about you – the impact staff relationships have on care provided. A patient’s sudden drop in blood pressure, a missing note ab...
Shift Three - A Family, a Wheelchair and a Suit
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Handover Neglects the Most Important Thing Three moments stand out: the heartbreak of a family left in the dark, the hidden gaps in handover tha...
Meet the Hosts
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tubi and Naomi are leaders with experience across healthcare settings, roles and teams. They have failed many times and have lots of experience in b...
Shift Two - An Arrest, a Defib and Team
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when assumptions go unchecked, fear takes over, and no one’s quite sure who’s leading? In this shift, we unpack an ICU-to-ward card...
Shift One - Trailer
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tubi and Naomi are leaders with experience across healthcare settings, roles and teams. They have failed many times and have lots of experience in b...